---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 302505"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "302505"
heading: "Eligibility and responsibility of certified local government"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/302505"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs"
  - "Division A — Historic Preservation"
  - "Subdivision 2 — Historic Preservation Program"
  - "Chapter 3025 — Certification of Local Governments"
---

# §302505. Eligibility and responsibility of certified local government


Any local government—

- (1) that is certified under this chapter shall be eligible for funds under [section 302902(c)(4) of this title](/usc/54/302902.md?p=c-4); and
- (2) that is certified, or making efforts to become certified, under this chapter shall carry out any responsibilities delegated to it in accordance with such terms and conditions as the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) considers necessary or advisable.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3198.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 302505 | 16 U.S.C. 470a(c)(3). | Pub. L. 89–665, title I, § 101(c)(3), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 915; Pub. L. 91–383, § 11, as added Pub. L. 94–458, § 2, Oct. 7, 1976, 90 Stat. 1942; Pub. L. 93–54, § 1(d), July 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 139; Pub. L. 96–205, title VI, § 608(a)(1), (2), Mar. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 92; Pub. L. 96–515, title II, § 201(a), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2992. |

The words “or which is making efforts to become so certified” are omitted in paragraph (1) for consistency with section 302902(c)(4) of the new title.